Railway-tie.



A. KANGAS.

RAILWAY TIE.

LICATION FILED JUNE 1,1 12,292, Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

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RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Spt. 29, 1914- Application filed an 1. 1914. Serial No. 842,043.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM KANeAs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ishpeming, in the county of Marquette and State. of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railwayl'ies, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction and maintenance of railways, and the main object thereof is to provide a permanent tie for the rails of such railways.

A further object is to form the ties of metal, referably channeled,-and to provide rail clamps in connection therewith which are in uniform position on all the ties.

A further object is to so form the clamps as to require but one nut at each end of the tie to secure the rail in position.

A further object is to provide a clamping member for the inner side of the rail which locks the clamps for the outer side of the rail in place; and further objects are to provide such ties which are simple in construction, easy and rapid" in installation, positive in rail holding against any displacement, of such form as to preventtheir movement in the road ballast, and comparatively inexpensive.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my ties in operative position, with the rails thereon; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of a tie, holding the two rails; Fig. 4 is an end view of the tie and rail; Fig. 5 is a perspective, detached, view of one of the clamping members which I employ; and Fig. 6 is a similar view of the other clamping member.

In the drawings forming a part of this application I have shown a railway tie a formed of channel metal and the side flanges a of which are downwardly directed, into the ballast of the road, and the rails b are arranged upon the flat side of said tie, as shown.

Each tie is provided with four holes 0, 6 d and d adjacent each end thereof, the holes a and 0 being right at the outer edge of the rail-base, and the hole cl at the inner edge thereof, the hole (Z being arranged in line with the hole (Z, in the longitudinal central line of the tie, but nearer the end of the tie, whereas the holes 0 and 0 are arranged on each side ofthe central line of the tie, this being clearly shown in Fig. 3, and these holes are uniform at eachgtie end and in all oftheties.

The clamping member 0 consists of a yoke-shaped rod, of round steel, preferably,

and the equal length ends of which are upwardly directed for a distance equaling the thickness of the combined tleand ra1lbase,

and then forwardly directed to overlie the outer edge of the railbase, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, the yoke portion of the member 0 belng arranged upon the under surface of the tie and extending outwardly toward,

the end of the tie, in which position it is ing been passed upwardly through corresponding holes a and 0 y The clamping member (Z3 consists of a hood (Z4, passed upwardly through the hole 03 and resting on the inner edge of the railbase, as shown in Fig. 2, and an upwardly directed portion d adapted to be passed through the hole (Z and screwthreaded to engage a similarlythreaded nut (i resting upon the upper tie surface, and I preferably H held by means of the clamping member 01 the ends 0 of the clamping member 0 havprovide a slight loop in the member d as shown at d to pass around the yoke portion of the clamping member 0 and, when the clamping member 03 is thus secured in position, the clamping member 0 cannot move, nor can the rail move because of the threepoint rail grip, and this arrangement is duplicated at the opposite end of the tie.

In view of the increasing shortage of suitable timber for railway ties, and its increaslng cost, some substitute must be found therefor, and metal seems to be such substitute in view of the abundance of iron ores and the rapid improvement in metal working machinery and, furthermore, the additional safety in the use of metal ties, by avoiding the accidents now too common with wood ties, such as the spreading of the rails, and turning over of the same, is an important factor, as is also the fact that ties constructed in accordance with my invention cannot become embedded in the road ballast deeper than originally set because of the fact that the ballast is imprisoned between the downwardly directed flanges a Another important feature is the fact that a uniform rail position is assured because of the uniformity of the positions of the clamping member holes, these being punched in at the factoryin the formation of the ties, this saving much time now consumed by the necessity for gaging the space between rails and, uniform as also the clamping members, the latter are interchangeable with respect to the ties and no selection of such members, to fit certain ties, is necessary.

The channel material is first rolled out, then cut into conventional lengths, and then punched, and the clamping members will also beforined in suitable machinery to insure their uniformity, and the cost of manufacture is therefore inconsiderableasis also the cost of the ties when considered from the viewpoint'of durability, safety, and ease and rapidity of installation.

Reserving the right to make such changes as come within the scope of. the following claims, what I claim as new, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A railway tie, comprising a strip of channel material having holes therein at each edge of each rail and the flanges of which are downwardly directed, a clamping member for each rail passed through the holes on the inner edges of said ralls, and a clamp ng member for each rail passed 4.1 w

tnrough the holes at the outer edges of sald rails, sald first named clamping member the positions of the holes beingv holding said last named member in position, at each rail.

A railway tie, comprising a strip of channel material having holes therein at each edge of each rail and the flanges of which are downwardly directed, a clamping member for each rail passed upwardly through the holes 011 the inner edges of said rails, means for securing said clamping members to said tie, and a clamping member passed through the outer holes at the edge of each rail, said first named member locking said last named member in position.

a. A railway tie, comprising a strip of channel material having holes therein at each edge of each rail and the flanges of which are downwardly directed, a clamping member for each rail consisting of a yokeshaped body member of metal and the ends of which are upwardly and thence inwardly directed and passed through corresponding holes to rest on the outer edge of the rail, and a clamping member consisting of a rod having a hook at one end adapted to be passed through a corresponding hole at the inner rail edge and rest thereon, and having an upwardly directed outer end passed through said tie, and a nut threaded on said end above said tie.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

ADAM KANGAS. l'Vitnesses A. W. KANGAs, Hans GUNDnRsoN.

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Washington, D. G. 

